This article about the Fairphone 3 even mentions the Fairphone Angels program.
I also appreciate the community that Fairphone has built up in Europe and around the world. The Fairphone Angels group is a vibrant ambassador program that extends and amplifies the companyās message and customer support outreach. It reminds me of a more grassroots version of the Apple Genius Bar, combined with OnePlusā vibrant community forums and global meetups.
Not directly related to Fairphone, but at least somehow to 'Fair".
In these challenging times for many businesses it may be an option to move more into the digital world doing business.
Maybe this link from Thrusted Shops is of interest for some out there seeking for options to get an online shop up and going and thereby extending their reachability.
The other major drawbacks with the Fairphone 3 are its price and its availability. This phone retails at ā¬450, or just under $500, which is way overpriced for what it is based on specs alone.
Unfortunately, he is still asking the wrong question. The question shouldnāt be āWhy is the Fairphone so expensive?ā but rather āWhy are other phones so cheap?ā. I obviously excluded economics of scale here and if FP produced their phones in millions they would certainly be a lot cheaper, but the term overpriced really annoys me.
Fairphoneās arenāt overpriced, Huaweiās e.g. are just extremely āunderpricedā and that cost saving affects people who basically get enslaved.
Why is this so darn hard to comprehend for people?
Android 9 will be released for the Fairphone 2 and this is covered quite positively, as @Iain_Kennedy has posted in another thread :
Maybe because cheap rules. But how many would consent to such objects?
Imho people judging the Fairphone only by its price tend to belong to such and probably donāt even feel bad about it or not being aware of it.
I spotted this article on The Register - interesting angle focusing on software updates:
Weāre still in the dark age of mass hallucination that weāre separate from what is outside of our bodies.
I wouldnāt describe it that drastically, but yeah - out of sight, out of mind.
Fairphone 3 (mentioning FP2 too) ranked #2 for most secure phones for privacy by MakeUseOf because of their Fairphone Open OS.
The rank is as follows:
- Purism Librem 5 (#librem-5) because of its FLOSS OS and its kill-switches
- Fairphone 3 with Fairphone Open (in early-stage development)
- Pine64 PinePhone because of its FLOSS OS (although they donāt mention its kill-switches)
- Apple iPhone 11 because of the business model of Apple, at the cost of vendor lock-in and expensive price, and they aknowledge the phone is far from perfect for privacy-enthusiasts
Fairphone develops a de-Googled operating system known as Fairphone Open. This was initially released alongside the Fairphone 2 and is currently in early-stage development for the Fairphone 3. You can install Fairphone Open on the Fairphone 3, although the process isnāt straightforward.
Are they talking about /e/? Or did I miss the fact that FPOOS was being developed for FP3?
However, thatās not to say that Apple is perfect for privacy-enthusiasts. The company still gathers data about you and your habits, but this is used to customize your experience with Apple products, rather than create an advertisement profile. Much of the data is stored locally on your device rather than synced to the cloud.
Yessssā¦
It doesnāt seem like they are mentioning Eelo anywhere. But it seems like they are mixing the available possibilities of FP2 and FP3 at the moment.
Ok, and then thereās this by Fairphone currently ā¦
Yes. But perhaps they are mixing up /e/ and Open OS, and they think /e/ is being developed by FP.
It seems, they do know more, than we do.
But I doubt, that itās /e/ they are talking about; even more so, since they claim, that FP develops a de-googled system.
Should they really be in an early stage, it might still take some time before itās available.
The āThis will not work on the FP3ā wording means ādonāt install FP2ās Open OS on FP3; they are not compatibleā, as itās true for every other custom ROM.
Maybe. Although it seems weird to me from them to think Fairphone officially supports Eelo.
Latest news I was aware of from Fairphone were that they were working on it. I think it was mentioned tangentially in an interview but canāt find the sources (to be fair, it was a long time ago and Iām not up-to-date with FP3, since I own a FP2 and my next phoneāll be a Librem 5 that should arrive shortly).
What made me think this was that they are saying:
You can install Fairphone Open on the Fairphone 3, although the process isnāt straightforward.
And this looks a lot like /e/. Or otherwise, I donāt know what they managed to install on their FP3 (if they even tested).
You could read it that way. But the wording is ambiguous.
It could also mean āOffering Fairphone Open OS will not work on the Fairphone 3.ā